Job Openings

This entry was posted on 08/27/2013 by ken.

Tomato taste testing at lunchtime.

We're still growing!

We're excited to be creating more green jobs. We are a small team, 6 year round employees and 4-6 part-time seasonal folks who all work here at the Seed Library Farm in Accord, NY. Everyone wears multiple hats and sometimes we have to jump in to help with things that are not in our job descriptions. For the most part we each specialize in our different areas: sales/marketing, warehouse, seed packing/testing, IT, and farm. And we all care about good food, organic farming, and sustainable seeds!

Compensation: Salary is based on experience. Depending on the position, additional commission or bonus is available. All employees receive a variable share of organic produce grown in our trial gardens in addition to their salary.

Full time, year round position managing our expanding warehouse and shipping operations. Duties include overseeing seed packers, keeping track of inventory, organizing warehouse, receiving online orders and shipping out in timely and accurate manner, working with sales team to pack and ship wholesale orders, scheduling, packing, and shipping pallets to trade shows and retail shows, tracking and placing orders for office and shipping supplies, responding to shipping related customer service issues, and delegating tasks to seed packers as needed. The ideal candidate is highly organized, familiar with spreadsheets, databases, and online management systems. The warehouse manager must be able to multitask and strive to find the quickest and most efficient ways to handle multiple time sensitive daily tasks. Interest and experience gardening / farming is helpful but not required.

Start Date: Training period starts November 2013. Full responsibility begins January 2014.

Sales Assistant:

Full time, year round position processing incoming retail and wholesale orders that are placed through phone or email. Other duties include customer service (answering phone/email gardening, product, and order questions), assisting in executing sales and marketing plans, managing administrative aspects including data entry, contact lists, customer outreach, maintaining wholesale account relationships, securing new accounts, record keeping, mail sorting, and payment processing as well as representing the Seed Library at events, retail and trade shows. The ideal candidate is highly organized, familiar with spreadsheets, databases, and online management systems, and has strong verbal and written communication skills. Retail or sales experience is desirable and farming and/or gardening experience is essential. A willingness to eat fresh vegetables, give feedback, and get your hands dirty is necessary.

Start Date: September 2013.

Farm Crew:

Full time, seasonal position. We will be hiring at least 2 farm crew members for next year's farming season. Four years gardening or 1-2 years farming experience is necessary. An interest in seeds, seed preservation, seed breeding, and organic agriculture is a must. Farm crew helps in the greenhouse, seedling production, direct seeding and transplanting, soil management, pest and disease management, hand and tool weeding, mowing, using a BCS walk-behind tractor, trial gardens, event set up and break down, grounds, barn, and tool maintenance, seed harvesting, drying, cleaning, testing and bulk seed storage. Flexible hours are sometimes necessary. Both fine motor skills and ability to lift up to 50 pounds is necessary.

Start Date: March/April 2014. This job can be combined with a seed packing job for year-round employment.

Seed Packers:

Part time, seasonal position. We will be hiring between 2-4 seed packers. Packers hand count seeds, hand pack seeds in envelopes using small spoons, do germ testing on seed lots, enter information into inventory database, and assist in the warehouse with shipping orders as necessary. Ability to work quickly, carefully, and efficiently with repetitive tasks including scooping, folding, stickering, labeling, and bagging is required. Attention to detail is essential. Both fine motor skills and ability to lift up to 50 pounds is necessary.

Start Date: September 2013. This job can be combined with a farm crew job for year-round employment.